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L W. YOUNGSL GATE No. 509,346. Patented-NOV. 21,1893.

WITNESSES: W VENTOH E; BY "-2634tl f? V if 5 ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES;

PATENT Orrrne;

LEVI YOUNGS, OF SAOKETTS HARBOR, NEW YORK.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 509,346, dated November 21, 1893.

Application filed August 23, 1893. Serial r5. 483,869. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI W. YOUNGS, of Sacketts Harbor, in the county of Jelferson and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates, and it has for its object to construct a gate which may be setup conveniently in a short space of time upon any kind of land,

and whichmay be carried readily from place to place when required.

A further object of the invention is to pro- Vide a gate which will be attractive in appearance and suitable for farm-yard and residence, which gate may be slid open to admit of the passage of stock, or which may be swung entirely open for the passage of vehicles or large objects, the gate being manipulated with but little exertion on the partof the operator. 7

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. p

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate, illustrating it slid to a partially open position, one of the bars being broken to show the gate rest. Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the gate, illustrating it swung to a fully open position; and Fig.3 is a section taken substantially on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out the invention a bed beam or bar 10 is provided, of suitable length and thickness, and upon this bed piece or beam, at each end, an upright is erected, the two uprights being designated respectively as 11 and 12, one of them being adapted as a keeper post for the gate and the other as a swing post. The swing post is provided at its upper end with a socket 13,tl1e said socket being adapted to receive a pin 14, attached to what I denominate a supporting bar 15,

which bar, when the gate is closed extends to,

and beyond the keeper post 11, and rests in intervenes between each pair of rails.

a recess 15, preferably made in the top of that post. V v

The gate A, may be of any approved construction preferably it is a slatted gate, comprisingend standards 16 and 17, and longitudinal rails 18, arranged in pairs, the railsof a pai'r'being parallel and attached to opposite sides of the standards. Thus a space The forward standard 16, is provided with an extension 16 at the top thereof, said extension being slotted longitudinally, and between its members at the top afriction'roller 19, is journaled, while the supporting bar 15, is passed between the members of the extension, the friction roller resting upon the upper edge of the bar. A guide bracket 20, is secured to or projected downwardly from the under face of the supporting bar 15, near its pivotal connection with the swing post, and the said bracket 20, is carried between the upper pair 1 porting bar 15, is in engagement with both' the keeper and the swing post, the gate may be slid backward past the swing post, and will be supported by the friction rollers 19 and 21, from the supporting bar 15, as shown in Fig. 1. The gate is manipulated in this manner, that is, it is thus opened as far as required when stock or persons are to pass through, but when vehicles are to pass through the gate it is necessary that the supporting bar 15 should be removed from the opening normally closed by the gate in order to afford a clearpassage-way. This is effected in the following manner: At one side of the swing post 12 a rest bar or block 23, is projected at right angles to the perpendicular face of the post, the rest bar or arm extending in direction of the keeper post 11. The gate is slid backward until a pin 24L, located in the upper pair of slats comes in contact with the hanger 20 connected with the supporting bar. At this time the gate will be nearly balanced upon the supporting bar at its pivot point and the hanger 20, and by pressing downward upon the rear portion of the gate the supporting bar will be lifted out of its recess and the gate may be swung around at right angles to the inner face of the swing post, until the rest arm or block 23, shall have entered into an engagement with a lower pair of slats, as

a 1 1 .s'ieiir d t due fa Q ear n it" d located betvveen thelow'er'and next upper air of slats.

H This gate may be expeditiou s'ly set u at apy or at any place where its services be r hired, arid it may as conveniently be renio d matter-1 st. place. It is evident r may be manipulated with the least p0 Y 1 of ex'ertion'. The guide arr'n or, pla 26', addition to serving as a guide, the gate froin being lifted up by "inals for erar'n'ple. A

v ng thus'd'escribed my invention, I grannies new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- H I I In agate, the c'oinbination, witha keeper post, swing. pest, and a supporting bar haviijglatch connection with the keeper postand pivotalcon'ne'ctmn with the swing post, or a g'a .e,t}he forward standard or which is extended above the top of the gate and slotte'd to receive the supporting bar, and provided with a friction roller traveling on the top of 40 the said bar, a bracket extending downward through the guide-way in the upper portion of the gate, a roller carried by the bracket and having supporting and rolling connection with the upper portion of the gate, a rest bar attached to the swingpost, and a guide extending upward through a guide slot in the lower portion of the gate, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In agate, the combination, With a bed, a keeper post secured upon the bed, a swing post secured near the opposite end of the bed, and a supporting bar having pivotal connection with the swing post and a latch connection with the keeper post, of a slatted gate, the slats being arranged in pair's, a "slotted extension at one end of the gate through which the supporting bar passes, the extensioh being provided with a wheel or roller having bearing on the upper edge of the bar, a hanger projected frointhe supporting bar near its pivot point downward between the upper slats of the gate, a friction roller or wheel carried bythe hanger andengagi'ng with the said upper slats, ast'op pin located in the upper slats'of the gate, a restarnrsecu'red to the swing post, aguid'e engaging with the lower portion of the gate, and a stop adapted for engageinent with tne iatgto prevent an upward movement, substantially as shown and described.

LEVI W. YOUNGS.

l/Vitnesses:

ELIsHA H. PARKER, H. H. CONLIE. 

